diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 197839893..69a8efb2d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ if(NOT LibArchive_FOUND)
     pkg_check_modules(libarchive REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libarchive)
 endif()
 
-find_package(tomlplusplus 3.2.0 REQUIRED)
+find_package(tomlplusplus 3.2.0)
 # fallback to pkgconfig, important especially as many distros package toml++ built with meson
 if(NOT tomlplusplus_FOUND)
     find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)